Miyu Yamashita gained the Girls’s Open by two pictures to say the primary main of her profession after the 24-year-old saved Charley Hull and Minami Katsu at bay to develop into the fourth completely different main champion from Japan within the final two years.
Yamashita completed with an general rating of 11-under at Royal Porthcawl after she sank three birdies on the entrance 9. She remained regular on the again 9 earlier than weathering a late stumble along with her first bogey of the day on the par-four seventeenth.
Hull mounted a spirited problem with 5 birdies that introduced her to inside one shot of Yamashita. Nevertheless, the Briton’s title hopes crumbled with back-to-back bogeys on the sixteenth and seventeenth, whereas a missed birdie putt on the 18th sealed her destiny.
Katsu additionally tied for second with 4 birdies, offset by a bogey on the second, to complete with a final-round rating of 69.
Yamashita confirmed championship composure regardless of the bogey and survived a nervy end when she discovered the tough along with her first two pictures on the ultimate gap, however she prevented the bunkers to land her third shot on the inexperienced.
Yamashita missed her birdie putt by inches however made par to spark wild celebrations that culminated with the brand new main champion being drenched in champagne by her compatriots.